The Meeker herald., 1887-05-28
bwxsaAL NEWS.

Five ~ psu0insut persons In the
lass p!ot hail shs Car have bee" s1'
seric.n psss have occurred In Mani
tota fro rpirts ares and heavy wind
sserns = week.
The NJ bsr Of Idle men in Chicago
o. accoo Of strikes u estimated u,
thirteen asasd.
The 81 nsy of the Treasury has
called in rsoainins three per cent.
bood,, 4 sttns 10 sls.7i7,aO.
It's b pvsd that The President will
call an kn sssaioa Of Congress Octs.
- ! % 1Ssdsr rsvsnus matters.
Ia H.nlh n1nisezy have resigned,
but . s06iS elbst Il being made 70
hsvs Gs>ssral Bouianser retained.
Tbs Lsgishsars Of Florida last week
succeeded Il eiecting \ United States
senstn. Sxpnci Pasco was chosen.
The Toroab Board Of Trade after an
exciting DEUCE. voted against n com
msrcial uniot with the United States.
The Twin Lakes Placer suit against
the Midland k,,sd for damages ended in
= verdict foSk sO,O ,OUO against the road.
The slrike4 Among the sho-makcrs
Al Hsveshilil gained their point and
forty faolOsis& have resumed operations.
The proceeds Of tho sales OF the
crown jsvsA of France, which took
nine days. rsabf,ed tho sum Of G.sSt,uO
francs.
Tie Germs6 press recommend the
mobilization pf the German army II
General lioulSnger's mobilization plans
are adopted.
Tie appcak of tho Orleans princes
against the dtrrrc expcilin. them from
the French afny have been rejected by
the state co,Scil.
New York troans because the sun
day laws costin0a N bc strictly Ell.
forced. and oply the man with priva,.
boltis gsts = drink.
Tbs NidlaSi will not hc able To run
trains between Colorado Springs and
Lea'ivilIe bs6,ro August The bridges
Will noe 10 rs4iy sooner.
Ths alien isnd law hua caused con.
ssrrnssios aS,oas ihs English stock
l,o.tisrs In cattle companies. and = de-
pscctsstnn in b'ss value of tt'eir shares.
Tue S;Ar u I'~thishem has come
~ithiq The ry,gs of mortal vision os,cs
mose. WAk Just bses, tiseovefed In
tho mort Awcse.rn heavens. cIoseiy skirt.
Ing the I s,zna.
A man II Michigan commit,ed muir.
der while drunk and ~aa sent 10 prison
for life. lAA wife hAs recovered $o.us
damages from the saloon keeper wi,t
sold him us liquor.
There wsSe good many prp.prtors
al Osir.n!er's camp. In Middle Park
the las, winter. and they give an, thina
tut haite inS account of that locality,
The, admit that there Is mineral In tho
hill, adjacent. but II does not exist In
paying Quantities.
A tssuasio struck Idana. = small town
In central kansaS, last Sunday evening.
The new selbool house was entirely de-
muiished. two churches badly damaged
and half DOZEN dwelling houses were
blown down. The people generally took
refuge In their cellars. and only one
,-rfxos, Ss,a s.S{.nsl, I,n,f
The fsneea on public lands mus, go.
In accordance with orders Of the War
Department General Crook has ordered
Coinrant X. Ninth cavalry tcolore'il. Ia
Cheyenne and places them under the
direction u the Interior Department,
and land officials. for the purpose Of
enforcing the order 10 tear down the
fences n the public domain In wyo.
ming. 10 serious trouble Is antici-
pated.
A doul e-handci drilling match was
hsd at "A LSadville one day last week be-
tween Rnker and O'Connell on one
side. and the Page brothers on the
other. anl the latter won. The rock
waa hAri blue lime. The winners
drilled "a inches and the losers i3i
inches In the fifteen minutes allowed.
The match was for n purse Of 500. and
. great deal Of money changed hands on
tho result.
The excess Of Government receipts
over expenditures thu. far this month
is said to b about twelve million dol
lars. This money is largely withheld
from circulation for the time. and
doubtless has some influence on the
money market. II Is estimated that the
receipts for the fiscal year ending June
Sth next will amount TO about 1864 ,0o.-
90. while the expenditures arc esii-
mated 1t S97O. .O0O. 600. leaving surplus
Of about ~, ,0O.0OO
On the morning Of the 10th, as the
early Leadville express reached a point
twenty ono miles below Salida. the Pull.
man sleeper was swung from the rails,
and badly wrecked. Mrs. Grace Leslie,
a member Of the Kate Castleton troupe.
was taken from the wreck dead. A